Posts by Tag: wildlife

As a vegan, I’ve often heard the refrain that animals are killed when plant food is harvested – effectively, animal consumers indicate that vegans eat food whose production involves wholesale slaughter of small wildlife that lives on farms. And, as they...

Plastic bags now already have the reputation of being fairly destructive for the environment. They are made from crude oil, and the implications of that are several. For starters, it’s not a renewable resource, making it hard to understand why we are...

Of the many things that make animals' lives difficult is the loss of their habitats. Although often large corporations are guilty of taking away the homes of several species by destroying forests and contaminating lakes and rivers, some folks – like...

In many poor and under developed countries, there is very little awareness about the importance of conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Wildlife is not considered a precious national asset and is often seen as a means of earning a quick...

As a vegan or vegetarian activist, it is worth knowing of organisations that protect wildlife all the while not putting veganism as a goal in their mission statement. And, even though not all of the organisations are run by vegans, it is good to know...

Animal cruelty hit the headlines again in the UK recently as human greed clashed with a conservation success story. A gamekeeper was found guilty of poisoning 10 buzzards and a sparrowhawk with a banned pesticide in order to protect pheasants he was ...

I stopped eating meat about three years ago. It more was difficult than I expected, and for a few months, I felt as if I was on a roller-coaster ride. Meat eating is an integral part of German culture, and at festivals like Oktoberfest meat consumption...

The IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, is a worldwide organisation that seeks to define, solve and denounce the planet’s environmental injustices. One of these, and one that proves that these problems do exist, is the list of endangered...

Animal-rights activists do a great job at protecting animals from being killed for their fur, their meat and any other part that companies nowadays have creatively used in our daily products, as well as the cruelty of animal-testing. However, there ...

Prince William has taken a brave stand by criticizing the illegal wildlife trade during a recent US conference on the selling of animal parts from endangered animals, ivory and rhino horns.
He stated that anyone who ignores the trade is happening or...